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Opposition Day — Tax Credits — 7 Jun 2006 at 16:30

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I beg to move,

That this House notes the overpayment, fraud and incompetence in the administration of the tax credit system; is concerned about the impact of this incompetence on the most vulnerable members of society; and calls upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the author of the tax credit policy, to explain to this House what measures are being undertaken to address these problems.

The House having divided: Ayes 218, Noes 287.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

Party	Majority (No)	Minority (Aye)	Both	Turnout
Con	0	154 (+2 tell)	0	80.0%
DUP	0	6	0	66.7%
Ind	0	1	0	100.0%
Lab	284 (+2 tell)	0	0	81.0%
LDem	0	50	0	79.4%
PC	0	2	0	66.7%
SDLP	3	0	0	100.0%
SNP	0	4	0	66.7%
UUP	0	1	0	100.0%
Total:	287	218	0	80.3%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
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